Bottle washing and rinsing machine.



G W. KOGH. BOTTLE WB SHING AND RIITSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY11, 1911. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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BY HIS ATTORNEY G. W. KOCH. BOTTLE WASHING AND RINSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1911.

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INVENTOR GEORGE w. KOCH BY ms ATTORNEY G. W. KOCH. BOTTLE WASHING ANDRINSING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1911.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR GEORGE W KOCH Ban/4.66 BY H's ATTORNEY 7&1}; Q,IZOMLZ G. W. KOCH. BOTTLE WASHING AND RINSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDMAY 11, 1911.

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GEORGE W. KOCH, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Kocn, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Bottle ashing and BinsingMachines, of which the followrows of bottles are carried by an endlessconveyer in order that-the rows of bottles may be presentedsuccessivelyto the bottle washing and rinsing devices, the object of myinvention being to construct a simple machine. of this type which can'beconstructed at small cost compared with the capacity of the machine, andin which the thorough brush washing of each bottle can be efiected andthe bottles can be rinsed both before and after the brush washing, themachine requiring no skilled attendance and being therefore operatedwith a minimum of expense.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedbottle washing and rinsing machine, looking in the direction of thearrow 00, Fig. 4-; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine looking inthe direction of the arrow 3 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a central longitudinalvertical section of the machine; Fig. dis a vertical transverse sectionlooking inthe direction of the arrow w, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlargedtransverse section the line aa, Fig. 3 Fig. 6 is an enlargedtransversesection on the line 5-6. Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is a transversesection of part of the bottle carrier illustrating a specialconstruction of the same, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged section of part ofone of the presser arms whereby the bottles are retained in posit-ionduring the brush washing.

The machine has opposite side frames 11 providing bearings fortransverse shafts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The pulley 7 for receiving thedriving belt is carried by a sleeve 7 which can turnloosely on theprojecting end of the shaft 2, and upon this sleeve 1s n 130 mounted aspur wheel .9 and a spur pin-- ion 10. The spur wheel 9 meshes with aspur Wheel 11 at one end of the shaft 5 and the spur pinion 10 mesheswith a spur wheel 12 at one end of the shaft 3, as-

shown in Fig. 1. At the other end of said shaft 3 is a pinion 13.whichmeshes with an internal annular rack 14 on a disk 15,.

the latter having onits periphery a toothed Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 11, 1811.

BOTTLE WASHING- A'ND RINSING MACHINE.

Patented Mar.11,1913. Serial No. 626,650. 1

the latter is .not in mesh with one of the segr I -ments 17 of the disk17 whereby on each rotation of the disk 15 movement of partial rotationwill be imparted to the disk 17 and the latter will be locked inposition between its successive movements. The disk 17 is mounted uponthe hub of a disk 19 which is keyed to the shaft 2, said disks 17 and 19being secured together by means of bolts 20 which are adapted to slots21 in the disk 17"- sothat a limited amount of rotary motion of the twodisks in respect to one another will be permitted when the nutsupon saidbolts have been loosened. (See Figs. 2 and 5).

- The shaft 2 carries sprocket wheels 22 which engage with endlesschains 23, the latter having anti-friction rollers 24 which travel uponrunways 25 secured to or forming part of the side frames 1 andprojecting inwardly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4. At one end of themachine each of these runways is discontinued in order to provide forthe insertion of a drum 26 over which the endless upon the shaft 6, andbearings for said shaft being free to slide in guides 27 on the sideframes 1 and being acted upon by adjusting screws 29, so that the drums26 can be moved outwardly in order to impart the proper degree oftension to the endless chains 23. (See Figs. 1 to 3).

The endless chains 23 carry a series of transverse rectangularframes'BO, each having at the top a series of openings for receiving arow of bottles and each frame being provided on the bottom with acorresponding series of tapered sockets 31 torreceiving the mouths ofsaid row of bottles, each socket having a tubular plug 32 guidedradially in the base, so that the plug is free to move radially in thesocket, the-plug being acted upon by a coiled spring 33 which tends-topress the plug 32 outwardly at all times butpermits the plug to yieldinwardly each of said framesmay have on t-het-op at lOQ each end a studor button 30 for engagement are as .follows: Above the bottoms of theinverted bottles and centrally disposed in respect to the two rows ofbrush spindles is a. shaft'68 suitably guided at each end so as to befree to rise and fall, and pivotally mounted upon this shaft are aseries of pairs of arms 69 whose lowerends. are provided- 'with pads 69(see, Fig. 8) of rubber or i by a; rod 71 to an arm 72 on the rock shaftother resilient material, these pads resting upon the bottoms of thet-wo'rows-of bottles which are in posit-ionfor the action of "thebrushes 52, I a spring '70 connecting the arms 69 of each pair andtending to draw them toward each other but permitting them to swing:apart to any desired extent, depending upon the'upward pressure impartedto each arm by contact with the bottom ofthe bottle when the shaft 558;is lowered, suitable means being. provided for limiting the approach ofthe arms 69 toward each other,

Thepshaft 68near each end, isconnected 64: so that as said shaft isrocked in one direction by thedepression of the rod 66 by the lever .34the ashaft 68 will des'cend'and ill press the pads 69. at the lower endof t e arms. 69 upon the upturned bottoms of the two-rows of'bottlesbeneath the same,

thereby pressing the. mouths of said bottles firmly into the sockets 3wh "h carry the bottles.

'lne freedom of each arm 69 to yield .wa-i dly independ'ently of theother armscauses'properuniform bearing of the pads on ,the'arms uponeach bottle irrespective of slight differences in the length .of thebottles, the lower ends of the arms bearing centrally upon .the bottomof each bottle andthus overcoming any tendency to tip or tilt thebottles out of their 'propervertical position. 1

The frictional hold of the resilientpads 69 upon the bottoms of thebottles prevents any tendency of said bottles to rotate under theinfluence of the rotating brushes 52.

In theoperation of the machine the attendant in charge of the soaking of'the' {bottles applies the soaked bottles to the- 1 of the frames.

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independently" of. the means whereby the success1ve feed movements areimparted to.

the chains and the. proper registry ofthe bottle-receiving sockets31*in-resp'ect to the brushes can thereby be insured.

'1 The combination, in

I a bottle washing machme, of a row of brush spindles, a" reipl7ocatingframe 'QarFyi-ng am jro-q tat ing shafts at opposite/sides of themachme, and gearing whereby one .of said.

shafts operates the brush spindles on. "one side of the center of thecarrying frame and the other shaft operates theibrush spindleson theother side of said center.

2. The combinatiominla bottle washing machine, of an endless chain ofcarriers, each adapted toreceive a row of bottles, brush carryingspindles, one for each bottle of a. row, a reciprocated frame carryingsaid brush spindles, and'a rising. andfalling shaft having' a series ofyieldingl mounted pairs of arms thereon, the arms of each pair bearingupon the bottoms of two adjoining rows of bottles when the brushes areentering the same. g v The combination, in a -bottle" washing Vmachine,of a bottle carrier having a 'ba r 'w1th openings therein for receivinga row of bottles, and a supplementary bar super posed upon said firstbar and having therein a row of bottle-receiving openlngs of lesserdiameter. than those of the first bar,

plementary bar upon the main'bar'of the carrier with theopen'ingsof thetwo bars in registry with one another. n

"l. The'combinatiomin a bottle washing machine, of an endless chain'ofpbottle carriers, a shaft having thereon a gear-wheel for drivingsaid chain and" another gear and means for detachably securingsaid sup-I wheel having toothedsegments' and-'locking segments alternating withone another, a reciprocatingbrush carrier, a wheel'havingexternal teethfor meshing successively with said toothed segments, and a peripheralportion for'engaging said lockingsegments, said wheel also'having aninternal drive gear and an external crank -pin, and

a I connection between said c'rank pinand anarmon a rock shaft, whichhas another arm connected ito the reciprocating brush name to thisspecification, in the presence of GEORGE wQKocn,

.two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: I v -KATE A. BEADLE, I

HAn'mroN D, Tunmimx

